01812nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10534255 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090626s2009 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2009026745 9780815632009 (cloth alk. paper) 0815632002 (cloth alk. paper) 9780815650706 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)785782984 BP166.89 .E49 2009eb 297.2/17 22 El-Zein, Amira. Islam, Arabs, and the intelligent world of the jinn [electronic resource] / Amira El-Zein. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009. xxiii, 215 p. Contemporary issues in the Middle East Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- The poetics of the invisible : Muslim imagination and the jinn -- Correspondences between jinn and humans -- Beings of light and of fire -- Divination, revelation, and the jinn -- Magic, possession, diseases, and the jinn -- Jinn in animal shapes -- Love between humans and jinn -- Jinn inspiring poets -- Conclusion: The sentience of inside out/outside in -- Appendix: The different classes of the jinn. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Jinn. Islamic demonology. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Contemporary issues in the Middle East. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10534255 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 235819 235819